From January's double-whammy of bushfires and floods to the year's steady stream of brutal storms, Australia copped a battering in 2016.

From January's double-whammy of bushfires and floods to the year's steady stream of brutal storms, Australia copped a battering in 2016. We take a look back at the photos that defined weather in Australia over the past year. And if there's one thing to take away from our summary, it's not to cross Mother Nature.

Tasmania sprinkled with summer snow

Australia's most southern state was sprinkled with snow in February, after temperatures dropped below freezing towards the end of summer. After weeks of warm and dry weather, the Great Lakes district and Hobart's Mount Wellington saw snow, with Great Lakes tourist Kaylee Hattinger saying: "I get really excited with snow, even in winter, but in summer it's even more special I think."